My Closet Turned Home Office Reveal…

I’m sure many of you looked at this photo and thought…..“There is no way!”

Well hold on to your seats people…
the following pictures are going to AMAZE you…

LOL! (I crack myself up!)

Before starting the painting process, I first went shopping for office supplies. I bought some really pretty boxes, trays, and other misc items at Walmart in their office supply section in a plum color, but I was unsure where to go from there. I decided to look in the scrapbook section of Hobby Lobby to try to come up with a color scheme which incorporated plum. I found this beautiful paper…

It had the plum color I was looking for, plus it incorporated blue, sage green, & cream with it. That is how I picked my wall color. The color is called “Distant Valley” and I found it at Lowes.

So here is a picture of what the closet looked like after being cleaned out & getting a fresh coat of paint! A lot of what was in the closet was junk & stuff that just needed to be sorted through. As far as the coats went…I put some in our bedroom closets & then the coats that we use most often got hung on the back of our bedroom doors. I just bought some simple over-the-door hooks at Walmart and hung them.

If you saw my previous post on which I got the inspiration for this project, you saw in the example pictures that a lot of the spaces used wallpaper to add to the look of the office. I liked the look of the wallpaper, but didn’t like the idea of having to hang it! So, I decided to stencil the back wall of the closet instead to get a similar look. I just bought a simple wall stencil at Hobby Lobby which I got for $10.00.

By the way…ALL projects go smoother when you have this handsome little 3 year old helping you…

I mean really….have you ever seen a level used quite like that?!?
You can’t find good help like this anymore…

So this is what the stenciled wall looked like until I ran out of paint! My hubby was kind enough to stop & get me some more on his way home from work!

After the stenciling was complete…it was onto installing the desk & shelves!

I utilized the skills of my handy dandy father to build my desk & shelves for this project. Instead of buying lumber to build these items, I used my old kitchen table which we had in storage. I recently purchased a new table, so this table was not being used for anything. Being able to use it saved me a lot of money on this project!

So here it is after my dad finished installing it & after I primed & painted it. We used the legs of the table to add a more decorative look to the desk & the shelves. I just love the way it turned out!

After painting it was time to add all my accessories that I had purchased or made for my new office. After adding all of those items, this is how it all turned out….

Pretty awesome, huh? I just LOVE it!!!

That cute little flower medallion on the first shelf was one that my mom had left over from a previous project…I love the detail it added to the shelf. I just painted it & hot glued it on.

My mom found that little lamp at Pier 1 for me for $10 and the orchid flower in the vase for $3. They added the perfect finishing touches to my desk.

The pencil holders I made out of aluminum cans & wrapped them with the scrapbook paper I bought at Hobby Lobby.

The boxes were again, purchased at Walmart in their office supply section they were $7 a piece. The magazine holders/boxes were made out of cereal boxes & scrapbook paper, you can view that tutorial HERE. I then used my cricut machine to make the labels for them.

The little jars I bought at Hobby Lobby half off…I paid $1.50 for both of them & again made labels using the cricut machine. I used them to hold my paper clips & thumb tacks (which I will used for my cork board…which I have not completed yet…

Lets look one more time at the transformation….

This was my closet before….

This is my closet after….

And this is my closet after…
Ahhh….LOVE!
As far as the total cost for this new home office space…here is how it all came down!

Comments

very nice sis! I am proud! who knew that you could make that tiny closet an office and cute at that….what am I doing this weekend you ask…? well due to the wonderful january weather I am staying home and not driving to murphy. Craig is going away with some of his buddies on a ski trip, while he is away I will be re-doing his office/man cave. I will post you before and after pics! love ya!

This is BEAUTIFUL! I love all of it! Such an efficient use of space and the colors are beautiful! I have a whole room I am able to use for an office yet I still found myself wondering how I could use this closet office idea! So glad I came across your blog!

You ROCK!!!! This turned out so great, Tonya!! When I’m ready to work on my goal of decorating I might be giving you a call for some design help! Did I mention that I love you kept the cost reasonable?!

OH MY! You did it! I cannot believe you stenciled that wall. You’ve got gumption! And I love the way you used the table. You have really amazed me. I am going to spotlight your project on my blog. Let me know if that’s okay. It really does look amazing!!! congrats!Thanks for joining my party.xoxo

Well you hit another home run! It’s absolutely adorable. Besides being talented and creative, you’re one lucky girl to have your dad right there to help you with transforming the kitchen table into the desk and shelves!! Your pictures are great and really show the journey…Parker’s gonna be a Design Star Congratulations on a beautiful transformation!!

oh my gosh this looks AMAZING!!!! what an awesome use of space!! You could even take your door off (unless you want to be able to hide it! LOL) But why would you?! I’d want to show everyone!! Awesome job!

this is beyond fantastic!! I LOVE it!! I love it so much, I would like to issue you a personal invitation to come to my house and redo my hall closet! Love it!! I espescially love that you used your old kitchen table. I love the details of the legs of the table! Really, the cutest thing ever!!!! Fantastic job!! Have a great Monday!!

While I might have been clever enough to cut down an old kitchen table to use as a desk, there’s no way I would have ever thought to use the rest as shelves. What a brilliant idea! This project appeals to me on so many levels: 1. Re-use, re-purpose, or refinish old items 2. Create a high-end look 3. Spend very little moneyIt’s clear that I can learn a lot from you, so I’ll be following your blog. Lead on!

Marvelous Project!!! Great use of space and wonderful creativity and planning. I look forward to following you and invite you to do likewise (although I haven’t been saying too much lately on my blog — haha). Congratulations on the completion of a VERY successful project!

That is the most amazing thing. I love it! I don’t have the guts to try out that stenciling but you go lady! I was wondering what you do with chair when the office space is not in use? Does it fit in the space and you shut the door? Or do you just leave the door open or move the chair? Just wondering in case I ever have the urge to attempt this in the future!

I am in love with this project. My husband wants to get a piano and we keep wondering where we would put it. Seeing this gave me a fab idea. The wall where we have our desk and computer just moves into our off the entry closet. I love what you did to the wall oh so cool!

GORGEOUSNESS!!!! Curious…did you install an electrical outlet in your closet? Or do you just move your computer to a different place to charge it? I would love to do this in my home but alas…I have no outlet in my daaaaaark, daaaaaark closet.

That is really cool! Totally doing this someday. But I actually have one question.Someone may have asked already, but I didn’t see it if they did… Does the chair fit in the closet with the door closed? Because that would be extra awesome!

Thanks for the insight! I just accidentally came across this blog and was surprised since i am having a home based office. I have thought of installing a home office closet in my house also so that everything would look organized.

It is very clever and looks great, except the only light is from behind you and likely you have to plug the computer in under or around you unless a closet that small has an outlet built in. If it does, classic. If not, I’d wire one in.

I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time to my front closet (mine looks just like your BEFORE, including the vacuum cleaner!). I love how you repurposed the table — great idea. You’ve inspired me – thanks!